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HRSimYard asked DrzewieckiDesign edited

Is there a way to edit the terrain in more detail?

Hi,

i'm creating a landmarks package and I want to include the biggest damn in austria the Kölnbreinsperre. My Problem is that i have no way in the current SDK to edit the terrain in more detail expect the polygon flatten. Is there another way or tool that can help getting a good result so that the object fits to the terrain ?

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Boris_ avatar image Boris_ ♦♦ commented ·

Hello @HRSimYard ,

You can use the Rectangle element and add an heightmap to it. Then it will give you more options to play with

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Boris

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mailman answered mailman edited

You can use a polygon and use it as "Terraform".

Just search in the SDK for "terraform" and on YouTube for "MSFS Terraform Polygon" or something similiar.

I'm sure you should be able to find what you need.

Cheers!

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HRSimYard answered

Thanks for the answers. I will look into that.

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DrzewieckiDesign answered DrzewieckiDesign edited

Honestly, with this kind of slope, you would probably need to make a 3D water polygon behind the dam, I don't think MSFS terrain would allow you to make this slope correctly without additional tricks.

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